Internet poker has become globally celebrated recently, with televised championships and celebrity poker game events. The games popularity, though, stretches back in fact a bit further than its TV ratings. Over the years numerous variations on the earliest poker game have been developed, including a handful of games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely affiliated with chemin de fer than long-standing poker, in that the gamblers wager against the house instead of the other players. The succeeding hands, are the traditional poker hands. There is little bluffing or other kinds of concealment. In Caribbean stud poker, you are required to pay up before the croupier declares "No further wagers." At that moment, both you and the house and of course every one of the other players are given 5 cards. Once you have looked at your hand and the bank’s 1st card, you must in turn make a call bet or surrender. The call wager’s value is equal to your original wager, which means that the stakes will have doubled. Bowing out means that your ante goes directly to the house. After the bet comes the face off. If the bank does not have ace/king or better, your bet is given back, with an amount on par with the initial wager. If the dealer has a hand with ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand defeats the dealer’s hand. The bank pays out cash equal to your ante and fixed odds on your call wager. These odds are:
- Equal for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for two pairs
- three to one for three of a kind
- 4-1 for a straight
- 5-1 for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- twenty to one for a four of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush